Tag: Potluck

Half

Worse than it looks   Word Count 1543                                                  One day in March, I felt an excruciating abdominal pain, so painful that I fell to the floor.  Because my wife Sally was out shopping and I was immobilized, there was nothing I could do.  Within five … Continue reading Half

Do Nothing

Where the sausage is made Word count 1495                                          The meeting did not start well.  Neither House Majority Leader James Henson, Republican Nevada, nor Senate majority leader Jane Fulwell, Democrat Massachusetts had any reason to be happy.  Tall and fat Henson knew going in that … Continue reading Do Nothing

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Causes and solves your problems - Let's go get stoned Word count 2873                                                       Jackie Helms was doing her periodic review of the employee groups’ health data for her employer Healthion Insurance, when one set of numbers jumped out at her.  The claims rate for … Continue reading Dark

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Started between present day Tel Aviv and Damascus  Word count 2028                                                   The following scroll was found buried in the Tel Egot on the present day border of Israel and Syria December 15, 2018.  Because of the dangerous border little archaeology had been … Continue reading *lr*d

Better Living Through Electronics

First dream Word count 2209                                                                                               1 Horace Cram cleared 5’ – barely.  His moustache was visible – barely.  Legs – hairless.  Charisma – none.  Intelligence – fairly high about unimportant things.  All this in a pear shaped package.   His bifocals make him look … Continue reading Better Living Through Electronics

Tapes

Condition of man and tape   Word count 2616                                              Tape from October 1, 2014 Just fell over the threshold.  Retch.  Now I vomited.  Should I / could I stay here forever?  What means forever?  To be or not to be? Hours later I keep wondering … Continue reading Tapes